Comparison of patients with inferior wall acute myocardial infarction with versus without ST-segment elevation in leads V5 and V6.
One hundred forty-one patients with first acute inferior wall myocardial infarction were examined. ST-segment elevation in precordial leads V5 to V6 was found in 34; 94% of them had "mega-artery" compared with 2% in those without ST-segment elevation in precordial leads V5 to V6.
Assali
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Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
Sclarovsky
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Herz
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Adler
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Porter
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Solodky
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Strasberg
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B
D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D004566:Electrodes; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016037:Single-Blind Method